RE: Include a ftp client in initrd
I just need a client program. Also I figured that just copying an ftp program would not be sufficient. I will need to copy the shared libraries also. I was wondering what is the best way to find out the shared libraries. Just doing: # ldd ftp should be sufficient? Alternatively, I can compile the ftp program statically but I am not sure what is the best way to do that in Debian. Thanks _ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/
Include a ftp client in initrd
Hi, I am using Debian Lenny with the default 2.6.26-2-686 kernel and the default initrd image. My aim is to just boot the kernel and initrd image. I don't want to mount the real filesystem from the hard drive or any other storage device. I know how to mount an initrd and make changes in it and then zip and compress back again. However I need your help with the following question: I want to include a ftp client program in the initrd image and write a shell script in the initrd image that will execute the ftp program. What is the best way to do this?
RE: Awstats Cron job not executing [SOLVED]
87a8dc10910270120y754f590es1019c2bbb76e8...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 You are right only the apache2 directly needs execute permission and not = the files inside it. #chmod 755 /var/log/apache2 works just fine. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ =20 _ Windows 7: It helps you do more. Explore Windows 7. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=3DPID24727::T:= WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen3:102009= -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Awstats Cron job not executing
I am using Debian Lenny and installed awstats. Now by default the awstats creates a the following file: debian:~# cat /etc/cron.d/awstats 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * www-data [ -x /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -a -f /etc/awstats/awstats.conf -a -r /var/log/apache2/access.log ] /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=mydomain -update/dev/null The Syslog shows that the above job is being executed but my webpage stats (http://mydomain/awstats/awstats.pl) do NOT get updated. However if I change the awstats cron job to be executed by root like this: 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * root [ -x /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -a -f /etc/awstats/awstats.conf -a -r /var/log/apache2/access.log ] /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=mydomain -update /dev/null it gets executed every 10 mins and the webpage stats gets updated. Based on /usr/share/doc/awstats/README.Debian, I have already given read permission for others user to access.log: debian:~# ls -l /var/log/apache2/access.log -rwr-r- 1 root adm 6671031 2009-10-26 18:00 /var/log/apache2/access.log Not sure what am I missing? Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Windows 7: It helps you do more. Explore Windows 7. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen3:102009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Awstats Cron job not executing
20091027012939.ga19...@localhost.localdomain
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
MIME-Version: 1.0
Try becoming the www-data user and trying the above
line from the command line directly? perhaps you'll get some helpful
output.
Actually I did intended to send the output of the above in my original mail=
but I forgot. Here is the output:
debian:~# sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/perl /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -updat=
e -config=3Dmydomain
Create/Update database for config /etc/awstats/awstats.mydomain.conf by A=
WStats version 6.7 (build 1.892)
From data in log file /var/log/apache2/access.log...
Error: Couldn't open server log file /var/log/apache2/access.log : Permis=
sion denied
Setup ('/etc/awstats/awstats.mydoamin.conf' file=2C web server or permissio=
ns) may be wrong.
Check config file=2C permissions and AWStats documentation (in 'docs' direc=
tory).
debian:~#=20
Not sure where else I need to give permission to www-data. As noted in my p=
revious mail=2C access.log already has read permission. Also I checked a=
wstats.mydomain.conf but did not find anything related to www-data and cro=
n jobs.
Kushal Koolwal
I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/
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RE: Awstats Cron job not executing [SOLVED]
20091027035155.gb5...@localhost.localdomain Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Ahhh I finally resolved it. chmod 755 -R /var/log/apache2/* did the trick. It's funny that it needs execute permission also. No where i= n the README that is mentioned. Do you think I should point this to the mai= ntainer through BTS? Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ =20 _ Windows 7: Simplify your PC. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=3DPID24727::T:= WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen1:102009= -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition
Does anybody else know if there is a way to reread the partion table an a running system? From the man resize2fs page: The resize2fs program will resize ext2, ext3, or ext4 file systems. It can be used to enlarge or shrink an unmounted file system located on device. If the filesystem is mounted, it can be used to expand the size of the mounted filesystem, assuming the kernel supports on-line resizing. (As of this writing, the Linux 2.6 kernel supports on-line resize for filesystems mounted using ext3 only.). I haven't tried yet but looks like it might. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Windows 7: Simplify your PC. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen1:102009
Merge Extra free space into current linux partition
I am using Debian Lenny on x86 computer installed on my SATA hard drive - /dev/sda5. # cfdisk /dev/sda *** sda1 Boot Primary FAT16 [DOS ] 2146.80 sda2 Primary NTFS [] 10001.95 sda5 Logical Linux ext3 15002.92 Pri/Log Free Space 132887.63 *** I would like to merge all the extra Free Space (132887.63) as shown above into my current Debian partition (/dev/sda5). How can I do that without having to move all the data and reformatting/re-creating partition. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Windows 7: Simplify your PC. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen1:102009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Ethernet CRC errors statistics in Linux
I have a system (x86_64) running Debian Lenny on a standard Gigabit Ethernet LAN. I have been doing some researching on how to measure Ethernet CRC errors (Physical layer), if there are any, on my Debian system's ethernet card . It is clear that the ethereal (now wireshark) cannot measure it [1]. Some people have suggested to use the following commands to get the CRC count: # cat /proc/net/dev Inter-| Receive| Transmit face |bytespackets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed lo: 12309345159000 0 0 0 1230934 5159000 0 0 0 eth0:14527038631 174773921000 0 0 0 53768205408 150237839000 0 0 0 and #ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1f:d0:35:74:b5 inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::21f:d0ff:fe35:74b5/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:174700827 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:150164953 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:14522357501 (13.5 GiB) TX bytes:53726785504 (50.0 GiB) Interrupt:254 Base address:0xe000 As per [2], they say that Copper cabling should not experience more than one bit error per 10^6 bits. But as you can see even after tx and rx data in GBs, I still don't have any CRC errors??? May be it might be the case that there are actually no CRC errors so far but it is hard for me to believe. So my two questions are: a) Does the above two command really give you the hardware CRC count? Or does the Linux driver/OS masks it somehow? b) Does anyone know any other method in Linux to measure the Ethernet CRC count? I am wondering how much CRC errors people on this list are getting using the above two commands. Any light on this subject is highly appreciated. # ethtool -i eth0 driver: forcedeth version: 0.61 firmware-version: bus-info: :00:07.0 [1] http://www.fpgarelated.com/usenet/fpga/show/31620-1.php [2] http://www.mail-archive.com/ci...@groupstudy.com/msg93750.html Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/
RE: Ethernet CRC errors statistics in Linux
Kevin, Thanks for providing all the information from your end. I did read somewhere that many times kernel driver will not report back at CRC errors found in the Physical layer even though there is a counter for that. Also, in our previous email, where you posted your stats, I noticed that you didn't have any errors on the interface that is internal (eth-int). Is the box with forcedeth driver statistics also internal? I did check another box with e1000 driver and I don't see anything in error, frame, drop, etc. Looks like I will have to do some more research here. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Howto recover deleted files/folders without comercial apps?
apt-get install testdisk and then use command: photorec Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Network interface testing utlity
To measure only the media, the best place to make such measurements is at the link level (e.g. the Network Card) if that card can be made to tell you when it detects block errors Let's say the card supports measuring those block errors. Do you happen to know about any such utility that let's you measure that? You happen to mention about *wireshark* but upon reading it's user guide, I didn't find anything about measuring error rates of any kind. For the Plan C (measuring throughput), I think iperf is a good tool. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Network interface testing utlity
Give me an idea of what parameters (e.g. throughput, error rate) that you intend to measure. The measured parameter will give us an idea of the measurement intervals. I think throughput rate for sure. Also errors encountered. To summarize I would like to test the overall reliability (not sure how to quantify it) of the media types. My analysis does not have to be very very precise but a rough idea would be good enough. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Network interface testing utlity
I'm not familiar with ethstatus but most error monitoring these days is done at the TCP/IP level in software Ok, I will look into that. One last thing that I would like to get some input on is how long should I run my tests to get decent readings? Also during that time should I just transfer data (large/small files) to/from simultaneously from both the boxes? Really appreciate for your inputs so far. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Network interface testing utlity
OK then. The next question is how and what you intend to test. Are you trying only to test a link (the media between your box and the next box) or end-to end (where the two boxes are separated by many links and many routers)? Probably a block diagram of your proposed test setup would help. BTW what media types? The idea is to test between two boxes (connected directly with a standard CAT5 cable) to eliminate/minimize any other network interference caused by routers, switches, hubs, etc. On one box I will have my Gigabit Ethernet card (connected with different media types) that I want to test and on the other end of the box, I am going to have a standard known reference Gigabit Ethernet. The media types are: a) Standard CAT5 b) Custom twisted pair Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Network interface testing utlity
Your monitor will indirectly monitor these errors if it measures throughput which will decrease as the errors increase. I always thought that the fields Error on Receiving/Transmission, for example in the package ethstatus, is for telling if there are any errors detected in the link layer? Isn't that the case? If not, then what does those error tell you about? Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ From: ow...@netptc.net To: kushalkool...@hotmail.com; ow...@netptc.net; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: Network interface testing utlity Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 07:32:53 -0700 Original Message From: kushalkool...@hotmail.com To: ow...@netptc.net, debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: Network interface testing utlity Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 23:37:52 -0700 OK then. The next question is how and what you intend to test. Are you trying only to test a link (the media between your box and the next box) or end-to end (where the two boxes are separated by many links and many routers)? Probably a block diagram of your proposed test setup would help. BTW what media types? The idea is to test between two boxes (connected directly with a standard CAT5 cable) to eliminate/minimize any other network interference caused by routers, switches, hubs, etc. On one box I will have my Gigabit Ethernet card (connected with different media types) that I want to test and on the other end of the box, I am going to have a standard known reference Gigabit Ethernet. The media types are: a) Standard CAT5 b) Custom twisted pair Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ OK then, here's my opintion All (?) the tools you mention including Wireshark which is the one I use will provide network statistics. Since they are software, however, they reside above (in the protocol sense) the link (e.g. Ethernet) which is where the majority of the errors are likely to occur (if a check sum error occurs your Ethernet card will merely discard it and wait for a retransmission so it will never be seen by your analyzer). Your monitor will indirectly monitor these errors if it measures throughput which will decrease as the errors increase. I would surmise that by installing and using one of the tools you will gain lots of insight and knowledge but not enough to definitively choose between one network card and another. Larry _ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.d ebian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Network interface testing utlity
Hi, I am using Debian Lenny. I need to test/compare two different network cards - especially errors on Receiving and Transmitting and overall reliability. Can anybody recommend couple of utilities for this purpose? Also while testing the cards should I try to send/receive huge amount of data simultaneously? What kind of environment should I setup for the testing? Thanks Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Bing™ brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. Try it now. http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurantsform=MLOGENpubl=WLHMTAGcrea=TEXT_MLOGEN_Core_tagline_local_1x1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Network interface testing utlity
1. Any errors in transmission or reception will most likely NOT be due to or caused by your cards but by the intervening media That's alright and that is what I am trying to test. Both the networks cards are connected to different media types and I want to see if the media types make any difference. So far I have been suggested the following utilities: ntop, iptraf, tcpstat, ethstatus Does it really matter which one I use? I have never done testing like this so just trying to pick some brain of experts here. _ Microsoft brings you a new way to search the web. Try Bing™ now http://www.bing.com?form=MFEHPGpubl=WLHMTAGcrea=TEXT_MFEHPG_Core_tagline_try bing_1x1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Difference between Sid's 2.6.30 and backported 2.6.30
So this is a kernel related question. What is the best way to see the difference between: the 2.6.30 kernel source from Sid: http://packages.debian.org/sid/linux-source-2.6.30 and 2.6.30 kernel source from Debian backports: http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/linux-source-2.6.30 Just doing a simple diff would suffice? Also which leads me to a related question: Is there a script that Debian folks run on a SID kernel to produce the corresponding backport kernel? The reason I asked this question is that I was having some minor issues during S3 state resuming with SID kernel which got solved by using Backported kernel. I am curious to know what piece of code changed in the kernel to fix that problem. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you’re up to on Facebook. http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_facebook:082009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
/lib/modules/kernel-version directory not being removed
In a normal scenario, whenever we do: apt-get purge linux-image- the corresponding: /lib/modules/ directory gets removed from the system. But I noticed that suppose installed some out-of-tree kernel modules and now when you try to remove the same kernel (for which you installed out-of-tree modules), I get the following error message: Purging configuration files for linux-image-2.6.30-1-test7 ... Running postrm hook script /sbin/update-grub. Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-3-bpo50-test10 Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done rmdir: failed to remove `/lib/modules/2.6.30-1-test7': Directory not empty dpkg - warning: while removing linux-image-2.6.30-1-test7, directory `/lib/modules/2.6.30-1-test7' not empty so not removed. In the above output I am trying to remove the kernel 2.6.30-1-test7. I know I can explicitly remove the directory but I would is there any configuration file which prevents removed directory which have been tainted by adding some additional files/modules which were not part of the original package? Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Get your vacation photos on your phone! http://windowsliveformobile.com/en-us/photos/default.aspx?OCID=0809TL-HM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: /lib/modules/kernel-version directory not being removed
This sounds logical, since your out-of-tree modules are probably still there. Yeah that's right. But why doesn't it (apt-get purge) remove those out-of-tree modules also when I try to remove the package? Is there a Debian package rule which says only remove files which were originally provided by the package and hence the out-of-tree module (which were not a part of the original package (linux-image-) gets left out and hence the directory is not removed since it is empty? Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Get your vacation photos on your phone! http://windowsliveformobile.com/en-us/photos/default.aspx?OCID=0809TL-HM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: /lib/modules/kernel-version directory not being removed
Would you expect removing vi to remove all the files you created with it? Purge means remove the configuration files that the package installed in addition to all the other files from the package. Agreed, and I am not surprised that this happens. My intent for asking the question was to know where does that information exists in the package - like is there some kind of hook or a control file that does take care of this. Just trying to understand what causes such a mechanism. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=PID23384::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:NF_BR_sync:082009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: vbetool post required in Stable but not in Sid - What changed?
Probably X and/or the corresponding driver. Perhaps it is not the X because this happens even when I suspend from just a plain text console. Regarding driver, I am not sure either. I am not using any type of framebuffer driver (not even vesa). I am just suspending from the default ugly console. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. http://www.bing.com/cashback?form=MSHYCBpubl=WLHMTAGcrea=TEXT_MSHYCB_BackToSchool_Cashback_BTSCashback_1x1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Using a package from unstable if stable has a bug?
Thank you Graham for the detailed reply. It does explain things very clearly. Also I was thinking what's the Debian Bug fix policy in situation like this. For example, what if I file a bug against the watchdog package in Lenny. If the bug is confirmed by the maintainer, will it ever get fixed in future updates of Lenny? Or only the critical/serious bugs are only fixed (in the form of security updates) on a Stable release? Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. http://www.bing.com/cashback?form=MSHYCBpubl=WLHMTAGcrea=TEXT_MSHYCB_BackToSchool_Cashback_BTSCashback_1x1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
vbetool post required in Stable but not in Sid - What changed?
After resuming from S3 (Suspend to ram) state on my Lenny I had to issue the vbetool post command to initialize Video BIOS otherwise I use to get a blank screen after resuming. However on Debian Sid I don't have to run the vbetool as my system (and video) comes back up just fine. I am using the exact kernel (2.6.30) on Lenny and Sid. Now I would like to know what exactly changed (if not the kernel) between Lenny and Sid that fixes the vbetool and hence the video BIOS initialization problem. Earlier I thought it was a BIOS issue but then when it worked just fine on Sid I was puzzled and hence I am trying to find out what change made the fix? I don't think it could be a package related thing as almost all the tools to put system into S3 state works fine on Sid and those same tools on Lenny requires the vbetool command. Now if cannot be possible the all the packages/tools (like uswsusp, pm-utils, gnome-power-manager) received a commox fix between Lenny and Sid. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail®. http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=PID23391::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HYGN_express:082009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Using a package from unstable if stable has a bug?
Let's say the package watchdog in Lenny has a bug which probably got fixed in the later upstream versions of watchdog in Debian Sid. So I pulled in the sources for watchdog package from Debian Sid on my Lenny system and compiled the watchdog package and it built without complaining about anything. What are some of the ramifications using a compiled package from Sid in Stable? Is there any elegant way to workaround the situation? How about backporting? Or with the above process that I just described, did I just backported the package? Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Get free photo software from Windows Live http://www.windowslive.com/online/photos?ocid=PID23393::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_PH_software:082009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: udev warning message on Debian 5.0
Either use a Live CD or add init=/bin/bash to the kernel commandline to make it accessible. Doing init=/bin/bash mount -o rw,remount / rm -rf /dev/.udev/ worked fine! Thank you very much guys. You rock. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Bing™ brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. Try it now. http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurantsform=MLOGENpubl=WLHMTAGcrea=TXT_MLOGEN_Local_Local_Restaurants_1x1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: udev warning message on Debian 5.0
Assuming Kushal uses an initramfs, without it the boot process will halt rather early if the kernel cannot find /dev/console. Actually I am not using initramfs. Would leaving /dev/console and deleting everything under /dev/.udev/ work? Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ NEW mobile Hotmail. Optimized for YOUR phone. Click here. http://windowslive.com/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_MB_new_hotmail_072009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
apt-get upgrade dpkg error in chroot environment
SO I have a debootrap Debian 5.0 (i386) on /home/kushalk/debianTest I chroot into it by: #chroot /home/kushalk/debianTest and then mount the /proc by: #mount -t proc proc /proc Now when I run: #apt-get update #apt-get upgrade I always noticed that whenever a kernel tries to get upgraded, I get the following error message: .. Setting up linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 (2.6.26-17lenny1) ... Running depmod. Running mkinitramfs-kpkg. Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled (2.6.26-17 was configured last, according to dpkg) Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled (2.6.26-17 was configured last, according to dpkg) Running postinst hook script update-grub. Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub User postinst hook script [update-grub] exited with value 1 dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) debian:/# .. However if the upgrade process does not involve any kernel upgrade then apt-get does not complain about anything. Any ideas? Please CC me as I am not on the Mailing List. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Search, add, and share the web’s latest sports videos. Check it out. http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_QA_HM_sports_videos_072009cat=sports -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: udev warning message on Debian 5.0
You should rm -rf /dev/.udev/, but it is better to leave the rest of /dev alone.Sven, I did rm -rf /dev/.udev/ and when I restarted my system I again got the warning message and /dev/.udev was created again automatically. Also I checked on another system which does not give this message and it seems that even that system does have /dev/.udev/ Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Bing™ brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. Try it now. http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurantsform=MLOGENpubl=WLHMTAGcrea=TXT_MLOGEN_Local_Local_Restaurants_1x1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
udev warning message on Debian 5.0
Recently I was having some trouble with my udev, so I purged udev, rebooted system and re-install udev again. After that most of the udev startup error went away but now I get the following warning message during system boot: .udev/ already exists on the static /dev! Any ideas? Please copy me on the reply since I am not on the mailing list. Thanks Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Store, access, and share your photos. See how. http://windowslive.com/Online/SkyDrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_SD_photos_072009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Module.symvers is missing; modprobe error
Normally you can ignore that warning. Not sure about this. If I ignore the warning than the kernel modules that get build do not load properly. The give an: insmod: Invalid module format -1 error message. Also they don't get loaded using modprobe. I have to use the dumb insmod command. Any reason you use linux-source rather than linux-headers? I didn't find linux-headers package for 2.6.29 (testing/sid) [1]. All the headers package for 2.6.29 are for back ported kernel (linux-headers-2.6.29-bpo.2). May be I am looking at the wrong places? Can I use the headers package from backport against the 2.6.29 kernel image that I downloaded from testing/sid.? [1] http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=linux-headers-2.6.29searchon=namessuite=allsection=all Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Module.symvers is missing; modprobe error
So I am trying to build a out-of-tree kernel module for my graphics chipset. I am using Debian 5.0 (x86) with 2.6.29-1-686 kernel. Now as soon as I give the make command from the source directory of my graphics chipset, I get the following warning: WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.29/Module.symvers is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions. The build process continues and it does build the two required modules successfully - drm.ko psb.ko. I need these two custom modules to get Xorg graphics driver working. Now as soon as I try to load these two modules I get the following error message for each of them: Invalid module format -1 Upon searching I found that the Module.symvers is the culprit. How do I take care of this? Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Force the kernel to use generic ide driver
I am using a Etch and a half kernel 2.6.24 on my Debian Lenny system. This kernel does not have the IDE driver for my chipset. However, I do remember that if the native IDE driver is not present, then the generic ide driver is loaded. However, in my case Debian does not load the generic ide driver and it gets stuck at the message: Waiting for root filesysyem. Does anybody know how can I force the 2.6.24 kernel to load the generic ide driver for my IDE chipset? Thanks Kushal Koolwal P.S. I also posted this question here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/using-generic-ide-driver-737011/ but was not able to resolve. I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Get 25 GB of free online storage. http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_SD_25GB_062009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Against which package to report a bug?
Hi, My IDE controller users the PATA_SCH module in the Linux kernel. I am using Debian 5.0 with 2.6.30 kernel from SID and I get some BUS error messages related to PATA_SCH module in the dmesg. I am wondering against which package should I file my bug report? I see these error messages on 2.6.26, 2.6.29 Debian kernels too. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Xorg driver from Ubuntu in Lenny
Install the devscripts-package, change to the source directory of the psb module and do 'debuild'. It willtell you which -dev package are missing, install them and repeat. If everything goes well, you should havea debian package which can be installed with 'dpkg -i xserver-xorg...deb'. So I tried following the steps and I get errors: ** checking for XORG... configure: error: Package requirements (xorg-server= 1.0.99.901 xproto fontsproto xf86dgaproto ) were not met: No package 'xorg-server' found No package 'xproto' found No package 'fontsproto' found No package 'xf86dgaproto' found Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you installed software in a non-standard prefix. Alternatively, you may set the environment variables XORG_CFLAGS and XORG_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details. make: *** [config.status] Error 1 dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2 debuild: fatal error at line 1319: dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -d -us -uc failed # ** Any ideas what to proceed further. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ From: kushalkool...@hotmail.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Xorg driver from Ubuntu in Lenny Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:58:20 -0700 Hi, The graphics driver for my chipset (xserver-xorg-video-psb) has not yet made into Debian's repo (not even experimental) but is available in Ubuntu repo. http://packages.ubuntu.com/ro/hardy/i386/xserver-xorg-video-psb/download I see that I can install the above package on my Debian 5.0 (2.6.30 kernel - x86) system however, the X server won't start and gives the following error messages: (II) Module Intel Poulsbo: vendor=X.Org Foundation compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 0.0.1 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2 (EE) module ABI major version (1) doesn't match the server's version (2) (II) UnloadModule: psb (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//psb_drv.so (EE) Failed to load module psb (module requirement mismatch, 0) (II) LoadModule: mouse (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so (II) Module mouse: vendor=X.Org Foundation compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.3.0 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: kbd (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so (II) Module kbd: vendor=X.Org Foundation compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.3.1 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0 (EE) No drivers available. Fatal server error: no screens found Any ideas how to use a Ubuntu package in Debian and is there any way I can resolve the above error messages (compiling by source)? Thanks Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 _ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Xorg driver from Ubuntu in Lenny
Hi, The graphics driver for my chipset (xserver-xorg-video-psb) has not yet made into Debian's repo (not even experimental) but is available in Ubuntu repo. http://packages.ubuntu.com/ro/hardy/i386/xserver-xorg-video-psb/download I see that I can install the above package on my Debian 5.0 (2.6.30 kernel - x86) system however, the X server won't start and gives the following error messages: (II) Module Intel Poulsbo: vendor=X.Org Foundation compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 0.0.1 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2 (EE) module ABI major version (1) doesn't match the server's version (2) (II) UnloadModule: psb (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//psb_drv.so (EE) Failed to load module psb (module requirement mismatch, 0) (II) LoadModule: mouse (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so (II) Module mouse: vendor=X.Org Foundation compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.3.0 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: kbd (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so (II) Module kbd: vendor=X.Org Foundation compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.3.1 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0 (EE) No drivers available. Fatal server error: no screens found Any ideas how to use a Ubuntu package in Debian and is there any way I can resolve the above error messages (compiling by source)? Thanks Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Kernel Memory corruption error messages
Has any lately seen the following memory error messages (from dmesg) after resuming from Suspend to Ram (S3). I am using Debian Lenny with 2.6.28 kernel. [ 179.822885] Corrupted low memory at c0007ffc (7ffc phys) = 82ea [ 179.834294] [ cut here ] [ 179.834310] WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:718 check_for_bios_corruption+0xa0/0xaa() [ 179.834326] Memory corruption detected in low memory [ 179.845435] Modules linked in: snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss dme1737 hwmon_vid lm90 snd_cs5535audio snd_ac97_codec pcspkr ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc evdev [ 179.845505] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.28-1-epm15-test1 #1 [ 179.845519] Call Trace: [ 179.845904] [] warn_slowpath+0x5a/0x78 [ 179.845927] [] handle_fasteoi_irq+0x8a/0xbc [ 179.845947] [] do_IRQ+0x5a/0x6c [ 179.845966] [] common_interrupt+0x23/0x28 [ 179.845988] [] vprintk+0x22b/0x24a [ 179.846008] [] vprintk+0x240/0x24a [ 179.846029] [] read_tsc+0x6/0x22 [ 179.846053] [] getnstimeofday+0x4a/0xc5 [ 179.846078] [] mfgpt_start_timer+0x4b/0x5b [ 179.846103] [] printk+0xe/0x11 [ 179.846124] [] check_for_bios_corruption+0xa0/0xaa [ 179.846146] [] periodic_check_for_corruption+0x0/0x28 [ 179.846169] [] periodic_check_for_corruption+0x5/0x28 [ 179.846194] [] run_timer_softirq+0x12a/0x18e [ 179.846214] [] __do_softirq+0x4a/0xbc [ 179.846232] [] do_softirq+0x22/0x26 [ 179.846249] [] irq_exit+0x25/0x5f [ 179.846267] [] do_IRQ+0x5a/0x6c [ 179.846285] [] common_interrupt+0x23/0x28 [ 179.846308] [] default_idle+0x25/0x38 [ 179.846326] [] cpu_idle+0x41/0x6f [ 179.846339] ---[ end trace 5f499d87af471ce2 ]--- debian:~# The system does seem to work fine even after the kernel panic but I am little bit nervous that in the long run it might hurt. Also does anybody know how to debug this issue like - - Is it a module that is causing the problem or - Is it a core kernel issue or - A Hardware/BIOS issue. I also filed a bug report few days back: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=523964 Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Windows Live™: Life without walls. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1b_explore_042009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Which FS for USB Flash Drive
Hi Rick, If you will, it's doing the JFFS2 thing for you -- you don't need the software in the kernel to do it a second time. Do you know any resource where I can find the steps on how to install on JFFS2? Also I was wondering if all this what we discussed regarding ext2 (noatime or relatime option) on USB flash drive holds true for USB hard drives also? AFAIU USB hard drives are exactly like IDE hard drives with just an USB interface. I am assuming that just having ext3 would be fine for USB hard drives? Thanks I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Windows Live™ Hotmail®…more than just e-mail. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_howitworks_012009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Which FS for USB Flash Drive
Hi, Does anybody have any experience with installing Debian (say Lenny) on USB flash drives? I would like to install Debian on my PQI 4 GB USB flash drive but I am not sure which filesystem to use - ext2, ext3, XFS? My primary concern/criteria in selecting a fs would be throughput/performance. I am tried searching around the internet but most of the articles talk about preparing a LIVE USB flash drive which is *not* what I would like to do. I just want a plain Debian system on my USB flash drive just like on any IDE Hard Drive. Thanks I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_012009
RE: Which FS for USB Flash Drive
What is the difference? What difference do you want to achieve with respect to a 'live' debian system? I would like to use my USB device for reading and writing to the drive just as we do on a regular IDE hard drive. AFAIK, a live usb system would not allow me to write data persistently just like a live CD. Also my original question was for a recommendation of FS for installing Debian on a USB flash drive. Thanks. I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ From: kushalkool...@hotmail.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Which FS for USB Flash Drive Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:07:55 -0800 Hi, Does anybody have any experience with installing Debian (say Lenny) on USB flash drives? I would like to install Debian on my PQI 4 GB USB flash drive but I am not sure which filesystem to use - ext2, ext3, XFS? My primary concern/criteria in selecting a fs would be throughput/performance. I am tried searching around the internet but most of the articles talk about preparing a LIVE USB flash drive which is *not* what I would like to do. I just want a plain Debian system on my USB flash drive just like on any IDE Hard Drive. Thanks I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. Check it out. _ Windows Live™ Hotmail®:…more than just e-mail. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_explore_012009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Which FS for USB Flash Drive
Ie. you want to write 'data' to it as opposed to install debian to it. Both. Sorry for the confusion. I would like to install Debian on USB Flash drive and also read/write data (store files,etc.) just like a hard drive. How did you get this idea? Read [2]. Thanks for the link and clearing my misconception. For some reasons I thought Live CD = Live USB (except it is on USB media). IIRC, it's also recommended to use the noatime option to mount to reduce the writes even more and prolong the life of the flash drive. Thanks Nate for this tip. Finally if anybody has followed any particular tutorial to create a Debian Live USB flash drive, can you point that out? Otherwise I will just do a wild search and pick one of them. I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Windows Live™ Hotmail®…more than just e-mail. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_howitworks_012009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Which FS for USB Flash Drive
Probably the best r/w filesystem for flash based devices in JFFS2. I don't recollect an option of formatting the FS as JFFS2 in the Debian Lenny Installation CD? Live is exactly what you want, but it can't be a direct conversion of a Live CD, since they generally use a r/o squashfs, for the compression. Exactly! Glad you spoke about squashfs. I really don't want to use those things - squashfs, unionfs and all that. I really would like to keep it as simple as it can be - just like installing on a PATA Hard disk. And that's what I wanted to find out here if there is anyone who has installed Debian on USB Flash device (w/o using squashfs) and on what FS did they installed. Elijah, glad to know that you have tried this before and you had no issues. I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ Windows Live™ Hotmail®:…more than just e-mail. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_explore_012009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Total Packages in Sid?
Hi, I just got curious and I decided to count the total number of packages (across all architectures and all branch - main, contrib, non-free) in the current Sid branch. Here is what I did: 1. Downloaded the file: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/allpackages?format=txt.gz 2. and then give the command: wc -l allpackages.txt 30454 3. Subtract 6 (because of the header in the beginning) from the total that you get. So is it correct to say that Debian Sid has around 30448 (roughly) packages? I would like to know if this method is correct or not/ Thanks Kushal Koolwal _ Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_explore_012009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Industrial Grade Debian Linux?
Hi, I am using Debian for last 3 years. I have heard the term IGL (Industrial Grade Linux) quite a few times and I would like to know what all changes does one need to make to Debian's current release (etch) in order for it to be considered as Industrial Grade? It seems there is no formal specification regarding IGL unlike CGL (Carrier Grade Linux) which is very very formal and complex too. Some people think that it is just a Marketing Hype. If anyone of you can shed light on this issue, it would be great. Also, if this is the not the correct list to post the question please let me know and I will post it in the appropriate list. Thanks Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ _ You live life online. So we put Windows on the web. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/127032869/direct/01/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
PS/2 mouse not working with USB legacy option enabled in Kernel 2.6
Hi, I have been using Debian 3.1 (Sarge) with kernel 2.6.8-2-386 on my Pentium M system. A couple of days ago I noticed that my PS/2 mouse won't work when I enable the 'Legacy USB' option in my BIOS setting. If I disable the 'Legacy USB' option, my PS/2 mouse works fine along with USB mouse. My USB mouse works fine in both the situation i.e. when the 'Legacy USB' is enable/disable I have tried the workarounds like: psmouse.proto=imps and i8042.nomux as kernel boot parameters but it didn;t help. I did a lot of researching over the Internet and then I found that it is because in Kernel 2.6 they have moved the drivers into the kernel space from the user space. Unfortunately I was not able to find a solution how to get the PS/2 mouse working with USB Legacy option enabled in the BIOS. Also, I have tried the following link but I was not successful. http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~danlee/fun/psaux/ Also the following links reports that it is a bug but apparently no clear solution has been given. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120859 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=137691 Any help will be greatly appreciated. I will be glad to post any diagnostic output like: cat /proc/bus/input/devices lspci -xvvv dmidecode etc Kushal Koolwal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
